Article and quantity designator for menus and the like



Feb. 28, 1933. 1.. BERRY ARTICLE AND QUANTITYDESIGNATOR FOR MENUS AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 6, 1931 IE3 3-1- ELITE SANDWICH SHOP MENU BAKED HAM CHEESE BARBEQUE HAMBURGER C O FFEE IN VEN TOR.

- 6264 find A TTORNEY.

Patented it 7 h I i i i BE 30F IQ hWORtrH; V it u I Amrcmilnniiioonnrrryznnsrenemon non Ann min A p pl ieatioii\flletij'oteznbei' 6, 1931 seriarnofsi aeie dicators and it hasparticular referencetoa operating the same. a

menu card, or the likefcapableof 'use iin Figure l is an enlarged fragmentary perrestaurants,;.sandwich shops;"soda ,fountains'- spective'view of the top ofthe invention; -i a ,5 or other places where'food orldrinksare dis- Figure 5 i'san enlarged fragmentary cross 55 pensed and sold and whereitis desirable to sectional-view of the'invention showinglthe provide a list of thecommodities, and its indicators in, the slots," one of which is'held principal object resides in the provision of a therein by the .tensioningmeans, and I r mechanical meanswhereby.aicustomer' may 5 Figure 6 isl aiperspective View of the pre- 0, indicate the articles which hejdesirest o pur-= ferred' formofsliding f indicators, showing chase; upona bill of fare or;m'eni1, by the jthe.sqnare'neckportionlto preventkrotationinfi manipulationof certain movahleelementsr -thes1ots. 3

Another object.oftheinvention reside sain Among dispensaries'f of food and other retheprovision of adevice whereby a customer freshments; a form' of service has been in- This invention relates to mechanicaliintheim ention may beeheld inthe hands when 3 v in a food dispensarygfor the-*1i1 m ayflselect, augurated duringithelastfewyears knownas 5 upon the" menu of such dispensary, certain curb servicet; Attendants whichareusualarticles of food or drink, indicating jeachjse-f 1y assignedto take: care of'thoseseeking such lection for referenceofthe'attendants with-v services are sometimes called upon to stand out the necessity; of Verbal orders, andwhich and wait several minutes for cust'oiners towill result in a sa-Vingtf time by both, the decide: whichof the items on the menu he ide customerand thefattenda'ntl V 7 3:1 sires, resulting in alo'ss of time'whichshoiild Still another objectof Zthe-inVentiQniiSrhave beenlspent at n ing .0the1'.' t0m i'S-. a

manifest in the provision ofj'a 'combination ,Thgpresent invention therefore, is designed;

V of elementscalculated to afiord aquick means to p'ermitx the customer as much time'as he de-x for recording and fntnrereference certain S lk his e o rw h t u g Q Y ones ofnum'erous items arranged in s iperim too much of the attendanfl tiineya'nd ro;

pose -rel h p end printedor otherwise 'Vides a1soa; device which' can heu s'ed as and I it -'permanentlyrecordednpon thedevicei I R S g d Fl Broadlythe invention seekst'ocomprehend "."Accordingly the invention consists of i the provision ofa deyiceofthe character dey l l g ,'Of Sheet m h 'l e p 1 scribed wherein "areal-ranged certain; inoverablybf gr at gth th n i h; Aslotla r list ofs'everal iterhsindicating upon each 'se- I Connection h e e edd and at thebottom' of the-latter able elements; 'bear ing configurations' by, QL Plf Vi P nd Q ang d ongit d i lynf which certainitems may be selected froniia th XlQ I t l g 1 q-Ja qnt n ge ffl r MP I ter as lllustrated in Figure 1. a The slot 2exj- I lection the quantity desired.= I 7 While the foregoing. objects are 1 m. r mount, other andjlesser objects will become. manifest as the description proceeds" taken in moiinting 1' and communicates atfeither end with lateral slots 3 whichfextendtransverse 1y ofthefs1ot 2'and'terrninate at the approxia mate center of the mounting 1 near the top 90 wl reinzr I I. LIP."

' V p As previously ointedont the invention-1s f 1 i fim o w i the jm" particularlv adal ited to use as a menu card showmg e r n e t of Slotsand *and time it is'desirable to chan e the'listin the figured siidahlelindicat0rs,icertainones 'r b im Q an i hafiggf ofwhich are opposite.thei-iitemsfoh able card i; of pasteboareh orthe like,"-is rs efthelist. f r a a v cured ,to' theinounting 1' by"means of 'thefl "Figure 2'is across sectionof theinvention crimped edge-5 'ofthe mounting 1 arranged, I taken onlline 2+2 ofQFigure ;1, showing the opposite to {the slot 2, previously referred a multiplicity of tongues 6, which indicators 1 1 i tendsf'snbstantially the flill length ofthe i t Figure 3i11ustrates the f inannert'ini which llatter are cntfron then onnting llalongi'onefm i n I 2, as shown in-Figures 1 series of short slots are provided which V shank :b.

communicate with and extend. laterally from the slot 2, as L wn in Figure 1. The card 4 is forth 1 retained iii position upon the mounting 1 y a p vwhich is preferablyt cut from the mounting 1 and turned upward and over the'edge oi the card i;

Slidably arranged within'thelateral slots" 3, communicating with the slot 2 at either end of the latter. aregindica-tors' 9, each of which bear numeralsla, or other indicia, as

shown in detail Figureti. The indicators 9 are preferably semi phericalin shape and provided with a square shank portion 1) to prevent their rotation in the slots 2,3. and "6', so that the indicia a will remain in. an upright position relativewto the mounting 1. i

In operation, when the invention is used as a menu, asillustrated intlie drawing, 'seiect-ions are made from the items printed or otherwise placed upon. the card A, indicators 9 may be selectedlaccording to the indicia a thereon and engaged-by the thumb of the left hand, as illustraied in Figure 3, and withdrawn from the lateral slots 3 into the longitudinal slot 2 whereupon the indicator 9 can be biought opposite one of the items on" the card l and passed intothe lateral slot/7 opposite the said item and, upon being pressed inwardly toward thecard i will en gage the top of: the tongues 6, previou'sly referred to. holding the indicator 9 firinlyin place until ithas been dislodged bymanual effort. Obviously, for example, if the party I i 01 customers is composed of five members, an

indicator 9 bearing the indicia a, which is the numeral 2, can be placed opposite the item Baked ham, which will indicate. that two ofthis item are desired, and another of the indicators 9 bearing the numeral 33 can be placed opposite the item Hamburger, which willindicate that three of the lattcr'item are "desired by the party. In otherwords, the quantity of each item selected on the card a by theparties'ordering may be indicated by placingopposite thereto one i of the numbered indicators Qinthe manner abovei'eterred to. c v a By particular reference to Figures 2 and 5. it will be seen that the square shank portion Vb of the indicatorst) is of such length asto allow the latter to extend beyond the under surface of the mountin l a sutiicieiitdistance to enable the semi spherical' head of the ll'lCllCfltOI 9 to lJO'fOICQCl upoirthe tongues as illustrated part cularly in Figure 2, and

frictionally engage the latter to hold the indicator 9 in position in the slot 7 until it has been removed therefrom. Figure 5 illustrates one of the indicators 9 in normal position in one of the slots 3,-while the other indicator 9' is shown in position in one of the slots 7 in frictional engagement with one of the tongues 6L The indicator 9 is held within the slots 1, 3, and 7 by means of a washer c bradded, or otherwise secured to the lower end of the As apparent in Figure 1, sufficient space may be provided at either end of the invention for advertising purposes thereby providing al novel advertising medium for coin modit-ies suchas foods, drinks and confections. V

7 As previously pointed out the card l may be inserted by sliding the bottom end of the latter; into crimp 5 along the edge of the mounting 1 and beneath the tongues 6, which latter are arranged along the edge of the mounting 1 opposite to the crimp 5 and downward untilthe bottom edge of the card i is seated behind the clip 8.-

. Although the invention has been described with great particularity, it is understood that certain changes and modifications may be resorted to from time to time'provided such changes and modifications are deemed Within'the'scope and meaning 0]": the appendedclaims. g

What is claimed is: I 1. Ina mechanical menu, a mounting for a lettered and figured card, the former having a slot arranged parallel and adjacent to the said card, series oflateral slots extending from the said first slot opposite eachof 'tlie letters and figures on said card, the material cut from said lateral slots being turned beckon tliesaid mounting to hold the said card, figured indicators slidable in the saidslots and means to hold the said indicators in the said lateral slots when arranged therein,

2. Amechani all indicating apparatuscomprisinga mounting 0t semi-rigid material having a longitudinal slot arranged along and a'dJacent to one ofits edges, a series of laterally directed slots communicating with i the said longitudinal slot, a series of tonguesprojecting from each of the said laterally directed slots capable of engaging the edge of a removable card having indicia, a

multiplicity of indicators movably disposed within the saidslots capable of being moved opposite the said indicia on the said card and being frictionally, secure-d therein until in anually dislodged.

A mechanical indicating device having a mounting of semi-rigid material, alongi tudinal slot extending along and adjacent to one edge of the said mounting, a multiplicity otslots extending laterally from the 7. said 7 longitudinal slot,'tongues pro ect1 ng from each of the said lateral slots oapablejof over-"' lapping a removable card havingconfigura tions thereon and a multiplicity of movable indicators arranged inthesaid slots and impable of being arranged opposite the saidconfigurations on the said card and secured therein until manually dislodged.- I; o I

4. A new article of'-manufacture, a mechanical menu comprising a mounting'of' semi-rig d materiaha slot xt ndm l i; v

tudinally' of the a, said -mountingj along and adjacent to one edge-thereof, a series-of slots l projecting laterally from the said first named slot each having a tongue of material tout therefrom in r the mounting and. turned back upon the said mounting,*a card havingindicia thereon capable of, being disposed be-- I neath the said tongues to hold the said card 7 inposition upon the ,said mounting; and the. Y indioia upon the-said, card oppositeeachof j? thesaid last named slots 'and movableindicators disposed within the. said slots capa'ble of being arranged opposite. the said indioia and secured} against displacement] until manually removed.

i 5. A new article 1; of manufacture a Ine-Q chanical indicating 'gdevice having a;;semirigid mounting, a slot; arranged along Bone I edge longitudinally of the is'aid; mounting,

lateral slots extending- 'fromuthe said first named slot having {a fragment" of material I out from the mounting in the production of the said lateral slots turned back' upon the said mounting, a card havingindicia thereonv interchangeably'secured to the said mounting by the said fragments of material and movable indicators arranged in thesaidslots capable of being placed opposite the said indioia in the said slots and frictionally secured against displacement by reason of the said fragments of material. p p v a 6. A mechanical indicating apparatus having a semi-rigid mounting, a slot arranged longitudinally of the said mounting'and adjacent to one edge thereof,- a multiplicity of lateral slots communicating with the first named slot, tongues cutfrom the mounting in each of the said last named slots turned-back upon the mounting, an'interchangeable card having indioia V thereon arranged upon the said mountingand secured inposition by the said tongues and movable figured indicators disposed Within thesaid-slots and capable of arrangement opposite, the said indioia on, the said card and frictionally secured therein 7 "until manually dislodged.

In testimony whereofI-afiik signature. LOUIN BERRY. 

